There is just no arguing the fact that plants in nice decorative pots or containers can make all the difference in an otherwise drab office or domestic setting. In fact, it has been proven time and again that having some type of interior landscaping is one of the best ways to put your guests, customers or clients at ease when they enter your domain.
What Is
interior Landscaping?
There is
just no arguing the fact that plants in nice decorative pots or containers can
make all the difference in an otherwise drab office or domestic setting. In fact,
it has been proven time and again that having some type of interior landscaping
is one of the best ways to put your guests, customers or clients at ease when
they enter your domain.
Interior
Landscaping – More To It Than Meets the Eye
However;
the fact is that there is far more to it than meets they eye when it comes to
interior landscaping, because after all, plants are living things and the
interior of a building is as unnatural environment as you can get to keep a
live plant in.
Humidity
and lighting
The two
biggest problems that present themselves to live plants in an interior setting
is lighting and humidity. That is that air conditioning tends to dry air out
and of course while there may be light inside of a room, it is either too weak
or the wrong type of light.
It's a
Desert In Your Home Or Office
This is why
interior landscaping tends to work best if it is located near a window and some
types of plants just don't do so well in the dry climate that an office or home
presents. You see, as far as humidity is concerned, the average air conditioned
interior setting basically resembles a desert climate.
How To Make
It Easy On Yourself
So the best
advise to anyone who is considering adding interior landscaping to their office
and isn't interested in constantly maintaining them, is to stick with
succulents and cacti. It is important to be aware though that there is a wide
selection of thornless cacti to choose from.
New Far
More Realistic Faux Plants
One clever
way to dress up a home or office with lush vegetation is to go the faux or fake
plant route. Before you scoff though, you should be aware that there are fake
plants now that are almost virtually indistinguishable from the genuine
article, even on close examination. Also one clever trick is to mix larger,
easier to maintain cacti and succulents with more expansive fake interior
landscaping.
A Very
Common Scenario
The common
scenario is to place the live plants in larger pots and containers close to
where people are more likely to have contact with them. Then, up on walls or
strategically placed on shelves will sit the fake plants. People will see that
the larger easier to maintain plants are real and will naturally assume that
all of the other plants in the room are real also.
Forget About
Hanging Ferns
Hanging ferns have got to be
one of the most difficult plants to keep indoors. It's a shame too, because a
hanging fern in a room looks absolutely beautiful. The problem is that ferns
are very susceptible to lighting issues and they also use a lot of water in a
dry interior climate. Also watering a hanging fern is just a very wet and dirty
task, as a good amount of the water that is poured into a container is going to
run out the bottom.
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Chris Tyrrell writes for The Silk Forest, professional designers and installers of artificial plants displays for a variety of locations throughout the world. Visit the website for more details. |
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